Obama Presses Cybersecurity Effort

By

Siobhan Gorman

Updated Feb. 13, 2013 7:17 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration pressed ahead Wednesday with its campaign to bolster cybersecurity measures through an executive order while setting the stage for a new battle in Congress over how to ensure computer safeguards at companies that run the electric grid and other key infrastructure.

Republicans who last year derailed a White House-backed cybersecurity bill were quick to criticize the executive order, which President...